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Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays, by Zadie Smith As an essay reader, and writer, I…

Available now, from leading Arthurian authority John Matthews and Tolkien illustrator John Howe, comes the…

A while back I was fortunate to read, in close succession, three masterful works in…

The Wrong End of the Telescope: a novel by Rabih Alameddine Rabih Alameddine’s sixth book,…

Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden, by Eleanor Perényi Writing and gardening share similarities:…

The Love of a Good Woman, stories by Alice Munro The short story has few…

The Films in My Life, by Francois Truffaut We are lucky that Francois Truffaut was…

Two Titles From WTAW Press The Groundhog Forever, by Henry Hoke In Henry Hoke’s debut…

The Good Soldier, by Ford Madox Ford If this novel had been published under the…

The UnAmericans: Stories by Molly Antopol There’s a literary lineage to the strands of Jewish…

Less, a novel: by Andrew Sean Greer Less, the author’s sixth book and fifth novel,…

Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father, by Alysia Abbott “The truth is,” Alysia Abbott writes…

ABOUT TROUBLE WITH THE CURSED Congratulations to Kim Harrison on the launch of the latest title…

The Custom of the Country Edith Wharton I knew from the start that things would go…

A Writer’s Notebook by Somerset Maugham Like most writers, I keep a notebook—not a journal,…

Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life, by William Finnegan William Finnegan’s 2016 memoir begins with an…

How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays, by Alexander Chee “Writing is a way of…

Without: Poems, by Donald Hall It doesn’t matter what I’m doing or what time of…

There’s a scene in Reality Bites (1994) where the main characters sing Scholastic Rock songs…

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, A Novel by Ocean Vuong “One does not ‘pass’ in…

The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries, by Emma Thompson With Sunday’s 94th Academy Awards…

Dear LitStackers, the Independent Press Awards 2022 have been awarded and my TBR list is…

The Empathy Exams: Essays, by Leslie Jamison The Empathy Exams is a hybrid work of…

Out of Place: A Memoir, by Edward Said Edward Said, the prolific author, political activist,…

Arranged Marriage: Stories, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni The eleven stories in Arranged Marriage reveal Chitra…

I’ve been writing since I was a kid. (That’s a very long time. I’m old,…

Among the terrific releases from indie publishers this month is Leslie Kirk Campbell’s debut story…

This Boy’s Life: A Memoir, by Tobias Wolff  First published in 1989, Tobias Wolff’s This Boy’s…

The Man with Eight Pairs of Legs, stories by Leslie Kirk Campbell Sarabande Books (February…

The Portable Veblen, by Elizabeth Mckenzie By way of Anne Lamott, we know the novelist…

Tinkers, by Paul Harding Paul Harding’s Tinkers, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2010, tells…

Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father, by Alysia Abbott “The truth is,” Alysia Abbot writes…

Six memorable debuts of literary fiction and nonfiction Disappearing Earth, by Julia Phlllips In Julia…

Little Failure: A Memoir, by Gary Shteyngart “In order for me to be born,” Gary…

Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures, by Emma Straub Those captivated by Old Hollywood will surely…

The Oysters of Locmariaquer, by Eleanor Clark Late in Eleanor Clark’s extraordinary book, she tells…

How to Read to Read a Sentence and How to Write One, by Stanley Fish…

Time wears away at memory, it leaves behind what was important, and you were happy.…

Werewolves in Their Youth: Stories, by Michael Chabon Michael Chabon’s Werewolves in Their Youth isn’t…

A Writer’s Notebook by Somerset Maugham Like most writers, I keep a notebook—not a journal,…

Not Your Average Hot Guy: A Novel, by Gwenda Bond St. Martin’s Griffin (October 5,…

The Love of A Good Woman, Stories by Alice Munro The short story has few…

Spielberg, Truffaut, and Me: An Actor’s Diary, by Bob Balaban In the summer of 1976,…

A Terrible Fall of Angels, by Laurell K. Hamilton I admit it. I was one…

A great opportunity for nonfiction writers! Three times per year, Tin House Books offers a…

For unagented writers seeking representation, be sure to check out the Twitter-based pitch event, #PitMad,…

Get your 1-click fingers ready (or call ahead to your library for that hold). Today,…